Tamedia and Publigroupe at odds

 After six months of negotiations, a new framework agreement between Publigroupe and Tamedia has still not been signed. However, Tamedia spokesperson Christoph Zimmer is confident that an agreement will be reached before the end of the year. "The will is there on both sides," adds Georges von Csernatony, Head of Strategic Planning at Publigroupe. Neither of them gave any details on sticking points. The contract was terminated by Publigroupe CEO Hanspeter Rohner at the end of 2007. He did not give any reasons. But on June 13 in Thun, he said threateningly: "If we can't come to an agreement, we'll do it without Tamedia."